This paper gives you an overview about the neem tree and its benefits.
HDRA (1998): The Neem Tree. Coventry: HDRA - The Organic Organisation URL [Accessed: 27.04.2012]
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An understanding of the cropping system is necessary before selecting a cover crop. Characteristics important for cover crop selection include life cycle, seeding date and rate, winter hardiness, nitrogen fixation or scavenging ability, feed or forage value, and establishment costs. No single cover crop or system will provide all these benefits. Therefore, experimentation may be necessary before producers decide on a suitable cover crop for an individual system.
PENNSTATE (1996): Cover Crops for Conservation Tillage Systems. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University URL [Accessed: 27.04.2012]
SILVA, J.A. UCHIDA, R.
Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils, Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture.
Honolulu:
University of Hawaii at Manoa
URL
[Accessed: 25.04.2012]
Sustainable agriculture, which is characterised by farming profitably while minimising damage to the environment, is not easy to practice. “Conventional” agriculture in the USA is commonly considered to involve practices that have potential to damage the environment. These include tilling the soil excessively, over applying readily soluble inorganic fertilisers (“chemical fertilisers”), and over applying pest-control formulations (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.). “Sustainable” agriculture attempts to find alternatives to such practices, alternatives that are economically feasible but have less potential to cause environmental damage.
HUE, H.V. SILVA, J.A. (2000): Organic Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture: Organic Sources of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. المُدخلات: SILVA, J.A. ; UCHIDA, R. ; Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii’s Soils, Approaches for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture. Honolulu: 133-144. URL [Accessed: 25.04.2012]
TILLER, A.
(2012):
Farmers Try Cover Crops to Protect Their Product.
New York:
The Bluegrass Special
URL
[Accessed: 25.04.2012]
When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, followed by a cholera epidemic that broke out in October of that year, Oxfam rushed assistance—clean water, sanitation, and hygiene materials and information—to hard-hit areas to protect public health.
OXFAM (2012): Hygiene Promotion: Determining what Works. Cholera Response in Haiti. Boston: Oxfam International URL [Accessed: 24.04.2012]
The entrepreneurship guide “Start your Sanitation Business” is a training guide for masons, manual and mechanical emptiers of latrines. The guide aims to present to the reader the basic steps for him/her to create a small-scale business in the sanitation sector in four steps. The guide can be used for self-study as it is an interactive document with theory and around 30 related exercises and answers. WASTE offers also a 3-day training based on the guide. It has to be noted that the guide is still in a draft version, as it is continuously updated.
AGATHOU, N. (2011): Start your Sanitation Business. For Masons, Manual and Mechanical Emptiers of Latrines. Gouda: WASTE URL [Accessed: 24.04.2012]
In response to the devastating Earthquake of January 12th 2010 and the cholera outbreak of October of that same year Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam Quebec and Intermón Oxfam conducted public health promotion and cholera response in Haiti. Different promotion activities were applied which aimed at changing hygiene behavior by changing perceptions and beliefs about healthy behaviors amongst people affected by crisis. In February 2011 four Oxfam affiliates in Haiti in partnership with a team of behavior change researchers from Eawag launched the present research project to do an in-depth evaluation of the promotional activities that had been conducted with the goal of further improving the WASH situation for people in Haiti and worldwide by understanding how to make hygiene promotion more effective. The main focus of the research project was around the question which specific promotion activities were strongly associated with perceptions and beliefs about handwashing with soap and were thus capable of changing handwashing behavior at key times.
CONTZEN, N. MOSLER, H.J. (2012): Factors Determining the Effectiveness of Oxfam’s Public Health Promotion Approach in Haiti. Duebendorf: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) URL [Accessed: 24.04.2012]
GWC
(2009):
The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in Emergency Situations. The Legal Framework and a Guide to Advocacy.
New York:
Global WASH Cluster (GWC), Unicef
URL
[Accessed: 23.04.2012]
BUCHANAN, B DE LA CRUZ, N. MACPHERSON, J. WILLIAMSON, K.
(2010):
Water Wells that Last for Generations.
Edmonton:
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
URL
[Accessed: 23.04.2012]
This document is intended as a general manual on household water treatment and storage in emergencies. Methods of treatment but also promotion are presented, including factsheets, a decision tree and very comprehensive illustrations.
IFRC (2008): Household water treatment and safe storage in emergencies. pdf presentation. Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) URL [Accessed: 23.04.2012]
Corn is the most widely cultivated grain in the world, ahead of both wheat and rice. Read more about the advantages of this crop.
LIMAGRAIN (2010): Corn and Water. Chappes: Limagrain URL [Accessed: 23.04.2012]
This paper identifies various lessons that can be learned from urban flood emergencies, with a focus on the WASH sector. It includes urban flood management issues in emergencies related to water, sanitation, hygiene and various crosscutting issues.
GLOBAL WASH LEARNING PROJECT (2008): Lessons Learned in WASH Response During Urban Flood Emergencies. New York: Global WASH Cluster URL [Accessed: 23.04.2012]
This volume of the Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality explains requirements to ensure drinking-water safety, including minimum procedures and specific guideline values, and how those requirements are intended to be used. The volume also describes the approaches used in deriving the guidelines, including guideline values. It includes fact sheets on significant microbial and chemical hazards.
WHO (2008): Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, Third Edition. Third Edition incorporating the First and Second Addenda. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) URL [Accessed: 23.04.2012]
This well structured and informative factsheet from the SuSanA network deals with the planning of sustainable sanitation for emergencies and reconstruction situations in low- and middle-income countries.
JOHANNESSEN, A. BIKABA, D. (2009): Sustainable Sanitation for Emergencies and Reconstruction Situations - Factsheet of Working Group 8 (draft). Eschborn: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance SuSanA URL [Accessed: 23.04.2012]
WSP
(2003):
WSP 2003 Cartoon Calendar.
Washington D.C.:
The World Bank
URL
[Accessed: 23.04.2012]
This paper describes some of the most important economical benefits of improved sanitation.
UN-WATER (2008): Sanitation is an investment with high economic returns. New York: UN-Water URL [Accessed: 22.04.2012]
The Conservation Council of Ontario has published a guide to community organising, including setting up a coordinating committee, a community network, an action plan, and ideas for community campaigns and projects. The guide draws on their experience working with both big and small communities. It is a low-cost approach to organising local businesses, agencies, and governments for action on your community's issues!
TCCO (1995): Community Action for the Environment. A Guide to Helping Your Community Go Green. Ontario: The Conservation Council of Ontario. [Accessed: 22.04.2012] PDF